London：A Biography

图书标准信息

• 作者 Peter Ackroyd 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2003-04
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780385497718
• 定价 156.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 848页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

HerearetwothousandyearsofLondon’shistoryandfolklore,itschroniclersandcriminalsandplaincitizens,itsfoodanddrinkandcountlesspleasures.Blackfriar’sandCharingCross,PaddingtonandBedlam.WestminsterAbbeyandSt.MartinintheFields.Cockneysandvagrants.Immigrants,peasants,andpunks.ThePlague,theGreatFire,theBlitz.Londonatalltimesofdayandnight,andinallkindsofweather.Inwell-chosenanecdotes,keenobservations,andthewordsofhundredsofitscitizensandvisitors,AckroydrevealstheingenuityandgritandvitalityofLondon.Throughauniquethematictourofthephysicalcityanditsinimitablesoul,thecitycomesalive.

【作者简介】

PeterAckroydisabest-sellingwriterofbothfictionandnonfiction.HehaswontheWhitbreadBiographyAward,theRoyalSocietyofLiterature'sWilliamHeinemannAward(joint),theJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrize,andtheGuardianfictionprize.HelivesinnorthLondon.(20010730)--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.

【目录】

List of Illustrations

Chronology

Acknowledgements

The City as Body

The Sea!

The Stones

Holy! Holy! Holy!

You Be All Law Worthy

Loud and Everlasting

Silence Is Golden

This Companye

Rather Dark and Narrow

Packed to Blackness

Maps and Antiquarians

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